When I drew the plans for the extension of the garage I could see that the increased roof height in the rebuilt section of roof would be fine for shorter cars like the Mini but the joists of the original roof structure would be an obstruction to lifting average length cars like the Evo. I didn’t […]
(First posted on MLR forum in October 2012) got the polish and wax out on some other bits waxed so it will hopefully stay shiny after some filing to remove the worst of the tarnished finish waxed everything so everything will hopefully stay nice and shiny
(First posted on MLR forum in October 2012) The old girl was due her service. AYC clutch bath oil and engine oil from opie oils. Genuine mitsi filter and magnetic sump plug too. kept in my dads garage hence the label. don’t want to find it empty when i come to use it! While changing […]
There was a step up of about 100mm from the drive to the garage floor. That’s quite a lot for very low cars so any ramp would need to be quite a gentle gradient to be able to get anything low in and out without too much fuss. We’d been using some old bits of […]
(First posted on MLR forum in July 2012) the intercooler was looking a bit grubby and tatty so i thought i’d pull the bumper off and see what i could do about it…. unfortunately 5 bolts were well and truly stuck in so the heads just sheared off when i tried to undo them. not […]
I’m not entirely sure what my long term plan for the floor is. I might yet cover the whole floor with industrial PVC tiles but, if I do, it’s still a fair way down my to do list. The problem is that, despite the garage not being quite finished it is still in use though […]
(First posted on MLR forum in June 2012) So I thought I’d have go at using some of this carbon wrap stuff. Never done it before so figured I’d just give it a go and see how I got on….. The results of trying to figure out, with paper, the best way to wrap such […]
Time to make the most of the space behind the new door. We kept all the old roof timbers and any decent length off cuts from building the new roof and most of the pallets stuff got delivered on so I had plenty for building the structure. I just bought a few sheets of 18mm […]
(First posted on MLR forum in May 2012) After leaving the lacquer to harden properly I thought I’d cut and polish them so they’re properly shiny. I fetched out my wet and dry and polish and got started. Only done 2 wheels so far which took me nearly 2 hours. Yes I know I’m a sad […]
The garage extension was always going to leave a bit of land that would be very difficult to access so I had in mind that I’d wait until the extension was built then figure out a good place to fit a door allowing access to the space. Then I could build a wooden structure to […]